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Safety Jamal Adams
Career stats: Eight seasons, 83 games, 81 starts, 498 tackles (50.0 for a loss), 21.5 sacks, 104 QB pressures, 36 pass defenses, four interceptions
Adams has initially signed with Detroit's practice squad, but reports suggest the veteran safety will get a bump to the 53-man roster in short order.
The No. 6 pick in the 2017 draft out of LSU, Adams has logged a boatload of reps in this league, and, at times, has been counted among the best at his position. A three-time Pro Bowler and first-team All-Pro in 2019, he spent his first three seasons with the Jets.
Not wanting to pony up for a massive, market-rate extension ahead of his fourth year, the Jets shipped Adams to the Seahawks for a haul that included two first-round picks. He would play four seasons for Seattle, earning Pro Bowl honors for the first, but never quite achieving the same level of success he had in New York, in part due to injuries that limited him to 34 games across the stretch.
With one-year remaining on what had been a market-resetting contract for the safety position, Adams was released by Seattle in March. He signed with Tennessee three months later and was joined by his secondary mate in Seattle, Quandre Diggs, a month later. But it wasn't meant to be as Adams was limited to three games by a hip injury before he was released at his request.
Schematically, the 6-foot-1, 213-pound Adams has spent most of his career operating closer to the line of scrimmage, whether in the box or covering a tight end in the slot.
He’s a dynamic blitzer who racked up 16.0 sacks between 2019-20 while averaging 27 QB pressures from 2018-20.
Before injuries took their toll, he was also stellar as a run defender and in coverage. In 2021 with Seattle, he was targeted 45 times and gave up just 26 catches for 252 yards, intercepting two throws for a passer rating against of 69.9.
Campbell was a little facetious when asked what role Adams could play in Detroit.
“This will be good, getting Jamal here,” Campbell said. “We’ll see if there’s a place for him. It just gives us options. …Yeah, could be D-end. We’ll put him at D-end.”
In reality, Adams could help backfill the versatility Ifeatu Melifonwu brought to the safety position in 2023, when he was one of the NFL’s most effective blitzing defensive backs.
Melifonwu has been sidelined all season by ankle and finger injuries. With Brian Branch and Kerby Joseph playing at a high level at the two safety spots, it was uncertain where Melifonwu and now Adams fit, but the latter is clearly high-level depth, who at the very least could see some work in three-safety nickel and dime packages as an oversized slot defender once he's caught up on the playbook and his conditioning.
Safety Jamal Adams
Career stats: Eight seasons, 83 games, 81 starts, 498 tackles (50.0 for a loss), 21.5 sacks, 104 QB pressures, 36 pass defenses, four interceptionsAdams has initially signed with Detroit's practice squad, but reports suggest the veteran safety will get a bump to the 53-man roster in short order.
The No. 6 pick in the 2017 draft out of LSU, Adams has logged a boatload of reps in this league, and, at times, has been counted among the best at his position. A three-time Pro Bowler and first-team All-Pro in 2019, he spent his first three seasons with the Jets.
Not wanting to pony up for a massive, market-rate extension ahead of his fourth year, the Jets shipped Adams to the Seahawks for a haul that included two first-round picks. He would play four seasons for Seattle, earning Pro Bowl honors for the first, but never quite achieving the same level of success he had in New York, in part due to injuries that limited him to 34 games across the stretch.
With one-year remaining on what had been a market-resetting contract for the safety position, Adams was released by Seattle in March. He signed with Tennessee three months later and was joined by his secondary mate in Seattle, Quandre Diggs, a month later. But it wasn't meant to be as Adams was limited to three games by a hip injury before he was released at his request.
Schematically, the 6-foot-1, 213-pound Adams has spent most of his career operating closer to the line of scrimmage, whether in the box or covering a tight end in the slot.
He’s a dynamic blitzer who racked up 16.0 sacks between 2019-20 while averaging 27 QB pressures from 2018-20.
Before injuries took their toll, he was also stellar as a run defender and in coverage. In 2021 with Seattle, he was targeted 45 times and gave up just 26 catches for 252 yards, intercepting two throws for a passer rating against of 69.9.
Campbell was a little facetious when asked what role Adams could play in Detroit.
“This will be good, getting Jamal here,” Campbell said. “We’ll see if there’s a place for him. It just gives us options. …Yeah, could be D-end. We’ll put him at D-end.”
In reality, Adams could help backfill the versatility Ifeatu Melifonwu brought to the safety position in 2023, when he was one of the NFL’s most effective blitzing defensive backs.
Melifonwu has been sidelined all season by ankle and finger injuries. With Brian Branch and Kerby Joseph playing at a high level at the two safety spots, it was uncertain where Melifonwu and now Adams fit, but the latter is clearly high-level depth, who at the very least could see some work in three-safety nickel and dime packages as an oversized slot defender once he's caught up on the playbook and his conditioning.
Truth be told when I agreed to her coming over tomorrow I’d momentarily forgotten about the game 
